Lil Nas X has teased his new undertaking ‘Dreamboy’, whose paintings has been accused of plagiarising that of Sega Bodega.
The rapper took to social media on November 12 to announce that his model new single ‘Gentle Once more!’ will drop this Friday (November 15). Nevertheless, Lil Nas X sparked fury on-line when he wrote a follow-up tweet increasing on the world of ‘dreamboy’, seemingly his newest new undertaking, and sharing paintings from the upcoming undertaking.
“It simply dawned on me how fortunate i’m to have all of you that also fuck with me,” he wrote. “bc i do know it isn’t at all times simple! dreamboy isn’t simply an album, it’s me dealing with the lack of what as soon as was and preventing for a brand new world. im so excited to deliver you on the journey.”
Nevertheless, Sega Bodega (actual title Salvador Navarrete) took to X/Twitter to level out the similarities between the ‘dreamboy’ paintings and the paintings for Navarrete’s 2021 single, ‘Angel On My Shoulder’, suggesting that Lil Nas X might have plagiarised his work.
“Not even making an attempt to place a spin on it’s the place I’m like yeesh”, Navarrete wrote. When one fan acknowledged that Lil Nas X had posted an Instagram story earlier that day displaying Navarrete’s paintings as a reference (however with no specific credit), Navarrete responded: “‘Look he did credit score you in a photograph that may disappear in 24 hours ceaselessly and no title by any means of artist or photographer! Be grateful!’ You lot sound insane.”
not even making an attempt to place a spin on it’s the place I’m like yeesh https://t.co/lY5gkug8b3
— sega bodega (@segabodega) November 13, 2024
Sega Bodega reacts to Lil Nas X utilizing him as a reference for brand new period paintings:
“Not even making an attempt to place a spin on it’s the place I’m like yeesh.” pic.twitter.com/ePuXCaoEGF
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) November 13, 2024
This isn’t the primary time Lil Nas X’s artwork has been accused of plagiarism. In 2021, similarities have been noticed between the video for his breakout hit ‘Montero (Name Me By Your Identify)’ and FKA Twigs‘ ‘Cellophane’, which was launched in 2019.
Andrew Thomas Huang (director of ‘Cellophane’) took to TikTok to submit a side-by-side of the 2 movies, which each present the artists pole-dancing into darkness. He captioned the video: “@lilnasx take me off your temper board or rent me”.
Huang posted a lengthier thread a day later, concluding: “Intentional or not, copying different artists’ work occurs. Making music movies is a labor of affection. The demand for content material pushed by main labels renders our work disposable and pits artists in opposition to one another.”
FKA Twigs later thanked Lil Nas X on social media, revealing she had spoken to him. “Thanks @lilnasx for our mild sincere conversations and for acknowledging the inspiration cellophane gave you and your inventive crew in creating your iconic video!”
“I believe what you’ve gotten accomplished is wonderful and that i totally help your expression and bravado in pushing tradition ahead for the queer group. Legend standing.”
In a submit of his personal, Lil Nas X known as the ‘Cellophane’ video “a masterpiece”, saying that he was “not conscious that the visible would function inspiration for individuals who labored on the results of my video”.
“I need to say thank u to twigs for calling me and informing me in regards to the similarities between the 2 movies, as I used to be not conscious they have been so shut. Was solely excited for the video to come back out,” he added.
In the meantime, Lil Nas X additionally confronted a copyright infringement lawsuit in 2022 over similarities between his ‘LIL NAS X GIVES BIRTH’ video and Dana Dentata’s ‘Pantychrist’ album and paintings.
Courtroom paperwork seen by The Blast state that Dentata has reportedly issued a stop and desist letter to Lil Nas’ administration crew, claiming that he used “copyrighted materials” that was “primarily similar to the ‘Pantychrist’ music video and clearly used the work as its foundation”.
In different information, Lil Nas X has clapped again at Azealia Banks for saying he “fell off” and that “bitch has NO BARS”.
